Combined screen-wire support and measuring device.



c. P. CARROLL. COMBINED SCREEN WIRE SUPPORT AND MEASURING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, I916.

1,226,486., Patented May15, 1917.

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CORNELIUS r. CARROLL, OF COLUMBIA, LOUISIANA..

COMBINED SCREEN-WIRE SUPPORT AND MEASURING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1917.

' Application filed May 13,1916. Serial NO. 97,324.

" To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS P. CARROLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbia, in the parish of Caldwell and State of Louisiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Combined Screen-Wire Supports and Measuring Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in a combined screen wire support and measuring device and my object is to provide a drum having a plurality of loops thereon for the reception of rolls of screen wire.

A further object is to provide a core upon which the wire is to be wound while being measured.

A further object is to provide means for manually bringing any one of the rolls of screen wire in position to wind the wire upon the core.

A' further Object is to provide means for holding the drum stationary while wire is being Wound from one of the rolls on to the core.

A further object is to provide means for temporarily attaching the end of the wire to the core.

A further object is to provide means for measuring the wire as it is being wound upon the core.

And a further object is to provide a suitable standard for the drum and place thereon racks for supporting additional rolls of the wire.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the accompanying specification.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine complete, showing two rollsof screen wire mounted therein.

Fig; 2 is a detail elevation partly in section of the core and means for rotating the same, and

Fig. 3 is an end elevatlon of the core showlng the means for locklng the end of the screen wire in engagement with the core.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates a drum, the heads 2 and 3 of which are spaced apart and mounted upon a shaft 4:, saidshaft being in turn rotatably mounted in standards 5 carried by a platform 6, said platform having suitable supporting legs 7.

Disposed around the peripheries of the heads 2 and 3 are loops 8 and 9, the loops of one head cooperating with the loops of the opposite head to receive rolls 10 of screen wire, the loops 8 being preferably formed of metal bent into circular formation, the ends 11 and. 12 of the loops being spaced a slight distance apart and curved outwardly so that the end of the roll of screen wire may be readily extended through the space between the ends 11 and 12 and engaged with the core 13, when a length of the wire is'to be removed from the roll, the curvature ofthe ends of the loops also permitting the wire to readily feed off Of the roll when the core is rotated.

The core 13 is rotatably suspended from arms 14: extending outwardly at right angles from the standards 5, said core having a shaft 15, one end of which engages a notch 16 in one of the arms 14:, while the opposite end 17 is preferably square and fits a square socket 18 in one end of a crank 19, said crank being rotatably mounted in the other of the arms 14.

The crank 19 is also provided with a shoulder 19 that is designed to bear against the outer surface of the arm 14, and serves to prevent inward movement of the crank.

Mounted on the inner end of the crank 19 and fixed thereto in any suitable manner is a flange 20 and between said flange and the arms 14- is positioned a disk 21 to which is attached one end of a tape 22, said tape being graduated for measuring feet and inches, the opposite end of the tape being wound into a housing 23 in any suitable manner, but preferably through the medium of a tensioned coil spring arranged in the housing 23, as is usualwith tape measures of this class, said tape being rewound into the housing after each length of screen wire has been measured;

The disk 21 is fixed with the flange 20 in any suitablemanner in order to make the disk rotate with the flange, but as an illustration I have shown a thumb screw 24 wire are of the same relative thickness, the

wire will be accurately measured when properly wound upon the core. i

In order to temporarily secure the end of the roll to the core, a substantially V shaped groove 25 is formed lengthwise of the core into which fits a wedge 26, said wedge being so constructed as to complete the circular contour of the core when in locked position. One edge of the wedge 26 is attached to the core 13 by means of hinges 27 so that said wedge can be readily swung into or out of the groove 25. After the end of the roll of screen wire has been introduced into the groove, the wedge 26 is swung to closed position, as best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, thereby impinging the end of the wire against one face of the groove, the wedge being locked in its closed position in any suitable manner, preferably by attaching substantially triangular-shaped clips 28 to the shaft 15 in such position that they may be introduced over pins 29 at the ends of the wedge, said clips securely holding the wedge in closed position until such time as it is desired to release the wire from the core.

In operation, the drum 1 is rotated, through the medium of the hand wheel 30, until the loops 8 and 9 having the roll of wire of proper Width is brought into position to be wound upon the core 13, when the locking bolt 31 carried by one of the arms 14 is entered into an opening 32 in the head 2, thereby holding the drum stationary until the locking bolt is again withdrawn from the opening.

After the drum has been secured, the'end of the roll of screen wire brought into registration with the core 13, is pulled outwardly through the spaces between the ends 11 and 12 of the loops and introduced into the groove 25 in said core, after which the wedge 26 is swung to closed position and the clips 28 engaged with the pins 29, thereby locking the wire in engagement with the core. As the disk 21 has been previously secured to the flange 20 through the medium of the screw '24:, the wire is in condition to be wound upon the core, which is accomplished by grasping the handle 33 of the crank and imparting rotating motion to the crank.

'When the proper amount of wire has been wound upon the core, it is severed from the roll of wire and a cord or other securing means placed around that portion of the wire wound upon the core, thus securing the same in bundle formation.

The clips 28 are then disengaged from the pins 29, thus releasing the end of the wire fromthe core and by holding the wire stationary and rotating the core substantially one turn the end of the wire will be entirely removed from the groove in the core. moved from engagement with the notch 16 and the core and shaft moved lengthwise to disengage the square ends 17 from the socket 18 when the wire upon the core may be moved endwise and disengaged from the cor after which the core may be returned to its proper position by introducing the squared end into the socket 18 and then positioning the opposite end in the notch 16 when an additional length of wire may be wound thereon as may be desired' This device is designed to carry a number of rolls of wire and is so constructed that wire of any width may be accommodated and in addition to the rolls that are carried by the drum, a new supply of rolls may be suspended upon racks 3-1 mounted upon the supporting legs 7 ,thus keeping a fresh supply of the wire in convenient position to be introduced into the loops of the drum at all times. a

This device can be very cheaply constructed and will occup but a minimum amount of space for storing the same and not only serves as a convenient means for measuring and rerolling the wire but also serves as a convenient display rack for the different classes of wire as the drum can be freely rotated to bring any of the rolls of wireinto view of the prospective customer.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:'

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a core, the core supporting shaft, and means for supporting the opposite ends of a core shaft, of a measuring device comprising a spring-actuated coiled tape measure, a casing for said tape meas ure, means for supporting the casing, a handle connected to said core supporting shaft for rotating said shaft, a flange fixed on said handle, a disk loosely mounted on the handle against and of less diameter than said flange, means for attaching the outer free end of the tape measure to the periphcry of said disk, said flange serving to guide the tape on the disk and prevent it from slipping off of the disk, and means for looking the disk and flange together.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with the core supporting shaft, and supporting arms, of a measuring device consisting of a spring-actuated coiled tape The end of the shaft 15 is then re-j 10 the free end of the tape to the periphery of said disk, and means for locking the disk to said flange.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CORNELIUS P. CARROLL.

Witnesses:

J. E. HUMPHRIES, W. E. GODFREY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

